2: Under the “toxics” category- click on the link, “See how your county stacks up”. List the 6categories and relative percentage ranking for San Diego County. 1. 70% 2. 70% 3. 60% 4. 80% 5. 60% 6. 70%Did the results surprise you at all, why or why not?YES! San Diego is much cleaner than that! I never thought that we would of gotten such a bad rank.3: Click on the “other chemical release and waste management attributes” link. List the categories for which San Diego falls in the Dirtiest/Worst counties in the United States (80-100%). How do you account for these levels being so high?-Water Releases-Total off-site transfers-Total production-related waste-Air releases of recognized carcinogens-Air releases of suspected carcinogens-Water releases of suspected carcinogens-Air releases of suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicants-Water releases of suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicants-Air releases of suspected endocrine toxicants-Air releases of suspected neurotoxicantsFactories account for these levels to be so high.4: List the categories for which San Diego scores well in terms of environmental pollutants (less than 20%). Why do you think the levels of these pollutants are so much better here in San Diego? Explain.-Water releases of suspected carcinogens-Water releases of suspected developmental toxicants-Water releases of suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicants-Air releases of suspected musculoskeletal toxicants-Water releases of suspected neurotoxicants-Water releases of suspected skin or sense organ toxicants5: Click the back button on your browser to get back to the pollution report card for your zip code. Click on the link “the top polluters” in your county. List the top 10 polluters in San Diego County. What do you know about these companies? What do they manufacture?1 U.S. MARINE CORPS MCB CAMP PENDLETON2 NATIONAL STEEL & SHIPBUILDING CO. (NASSCO)3 WATKINS MFG4 SOUTHWEST MARINE INC.5 SONY ELECTRONICS INC. SONY TECH. CENTER SAN DIE6 U.S. NAVY NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND7 DUKE ENERGY SOUTH BAY POWER PLANT8 SIGNET ARMORLITE INC.9 CALDERA SPAS INC.10 ARCO SAN DIEGO TERMINAL-I know that most of these companies are Marine Corps, which mean that the government is doing all of his. The companies manufacture TV's, computers, and more electronics. Most of them are unknown to me.6: Go back to the report card page and click on the “top chemicals released” link, and list the top 5 chemicals released in San Diego.1 NITRATE COMPOUNDS2 LEAD COMPOUNDS3 N-BUTYL ALCOHOL4 1,2,4-TRIMETHYLBENZENE5 COPPER7: Go back to the report card page and locate the air pollution section. Click on the “How many days a year is your air unhealthy”? link. How many days did San Diego have good air quality? 44 Moderate? 50 Unhealthy? 289 .List the three major pollutants you think are responsible for reduced air quality in San Diego. -Cars-Factories-Power/Nuclear Plants-Smoking8: Go back to the report card page and find the water quality section. Click on the “See how your county’s water quality stacks up” link. What are the two categories and percentages listed? -Percentage of Surface Waters with Impaired or Threatened Uses (state + EPA data)-Number of Impaired Waterbodies (as reported by the state)9: Scroll down the page and locate the top two pollutants and percentages for (rivers, lakes and creeks) category, the (rivers, lakes and creeks) category and (estuaries, bays and coasts) category. List some ideas as to the source of the potential water pollutants here in San Diego.(rivers, lakes and creeks)-Pathogens 64%-Sediments 36% (rivers, lakes and creeks)-Nutrients 100% -Salinity/TDS/Chlorides 50% (estuaries, bays and coasts)-Pathogens 86%-Nutrients 21%10: Go to the URL: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/deh/. This site is the San Diego County Office of Environmental Health.Describe the role of this office:-The role of this office, is to educate us to know what's going on in our city. It's educating the public to increase environmental awareness, and implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal environmental laws.11: Type or click on the URL: http://www.sdcountry.ca.gov/deh/hazmat/hhw.html. Readthe information on “What is Hazardous Waste?” and list 8 common household items that are classified as hazardous waste. How many of these do you have in your house? Indicatehich are in your home:-Windex-Ajax-Dry -Dex-Clorox-Pinol-Clorox -Wipes-All Purpose Cleaner-Anti Fungi12: Click on the hazardous materials pollution prevention link:http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/deh/hazmat/pollution_prevent.html. In your opinion, what three pieces of prevention advice are the best/most relevant? Why?-Education, alternatives, and money because if you don't know about it, then how will you know? Also, organic/recycled stuff are more expensive, so you need more money. 13: Click on the Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities link and list 3 certifieddisposal sites in San Diego.-Paint Stewardship -Program-“PaintCare”-Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection -Event -Safe and Legal Disposal of Household Hazardous -Waste14: Go to http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/deh/hazmat/chd_hhw_sharps.html. What aresharps? How and where should sharps be disposed of? What are some dangers sharp present?-Sharps are needles. You should be disposed in a safe way, like in a hazardous waste facility. The dangers are: spread of diseases, injuring, and killing people. 15: Go to http://www.earth911.org/master.asp. Look around the page and do a little research on electronics and battery hazardous waste. What are some of the problems with these types of waste? What are the recycling/disposal options?-Some problems with this hazardous waste, is that that it's really toxic, and is harmful to the environment. We could recycle them in a special spot where they recycle electronics, and batteries for free.